Monday, February 12, 2018

she loved purple.......my best friend.....my encourager.....my cheerleader.....the first one I would run to call, in joy & defeat (still want to)........ the very person i would run an idea past for the shop & her reply would always be "now we just have to come up with a better mouse trap, "......as she would would wave her index finger at me....missing her today on her birthday....... love you mom!

Friday, February 9, 2018

winter white ...... the days are filled with wood stove smoke ...... warm soup on the stove ..... snow days & ice days.... Nettie Blue sleeping on my pillow above my head ..... snuggling close to the fire under a throw ..... driving north to spend days with our daughter ..... projects swirling in my head ...... & a stack of paint chips to paint rooms long over do for a fresh new coat ........ &......... days of " internet issues".......... i will say no more....

Sunday, December 24, 2017

those were magical days ......... the one day we all looked forward to at Mamaw & Papaw Hill's

when it was known that the moment you entered through the back porch door, you were entering a land of a "magical Christmas"........ everything covered in glitter, tencil, ice cycles, brightly covered wrappings ........ walking in to the kitchen , where " big red hot dogs were boiling in a white enamel pan "..... hard. colorful candies & huge chocolate drops on the counter ......... if you listen close you will hear Christmas music playing on the radio............ into the dining room, where Mamaw's Christmas cards were carefully hung on a tiny little clothesline she draped criss cross throughout the room ........... heading in to the living room ....... i can still smell the sweet scent of Papaw's tobacco....... but my breath is taken away at the dancing of silver little glistening all over the living room, the cedar tree all decked out with as much sparkle as any tree can handle....... while Lawrence Welk is playing on the tv , that sits beside the old cardboard fireplace, with its fake little fire!!!

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About Me

I am just an ordinary woman...I live in a modern world with a passion for the old. I would rather wear denim, than a fancy dress...have a rusty granite pan, instead of fine china...stand in awe of an old log cabin, than be invited to a mansion. Give me an old rusty bucket... an old wooden box...an old tattered quilt and my heart is full. My family thinks I am a little off...but my friends who know me, share my passion as well.....I am so blessed!